IZA Discussion Papers

updated version published as 'The Road to Crime: An Unintended Consequence of the Interstate Highway System' in: Economic Journal, 2025, 135 (667), 748–772

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15757

Dynamic Relationships between Criminal Offending and Victimization

Christopher Erwin, Juliane Hennecke, Lisa Meehan, Gail Pacheco

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15665

Business Cycles and Police Hires

Fernando Saltiel, Cody Tuttle

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15591

The Kids Aren't Alright: Parental Job Loss and Children's Outcomes within and beyond Schools

Diogo Britto, Caíque Melo, Breno Sampaio

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15543

Nautical Patrol and Illegal Fishing Practices

Stephen Kastoryano, Ben Vollaard

published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023 122, 102881.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15520

Expected Returns to Crime and Crime Location

Nils Braakmann, Arnaud Chevalier, Tanya Wilson

published in: American Economic Journal : Applied Economics, 2024, 16 (4), 144 - 160

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15365

Female Political Representation and Violence against Women: Evidence from Brazil

Magdalena Delaporte, Francisco J. Pino

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15359

The Welfare Effects of Law Enforcement in the Illegal Money Lending Market

Kaiwen Leong, Huailu Li, Nicola Pavanini, Christoph Walsh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15335

The Crime Effect of Refugees

Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Naci Mocan, Semih Tumen, Belgi Turan

published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2024, 43 (2), 472-508

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15276

Alcohol Price Floors and Externalities: The Case of Fatal Road Crashes

Marco Francesconi, Jonathan James

published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2022, 41 (4), 1118 - 1156

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15263

Automated Chat Application Surveys Using Whatsapp: Evidence from Panel Surveys and a Mode Experiment

Jennifer Fei, Jessica Sadye Wolff, Michael Hotard, Hannah Ingham, Saurabh Khanna, Duncan Lawrence, Beza Tesfaye, Jeremy Weinstein, Vasil Yasenov, Jens Hainmueller

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15259

When Criminality Begets Crime: The Role of Elected Politicians in India

Nishith Prakash, Soham Sahoo, Deepak Saraswat, Reetika Sindhi

published online in: Journal of Law Economics and Organization, 30 August 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15248

Scientific Advancements in Illegal Drugs Production and Institutional Responses: New Psychoactive Substances, Self-Harm, and Violence inside Prisons

Rocco d'Este

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15212

Does Social Capital Matter? A Study of Hit-and-Run in US Counties

Stefano Castriota, Sandro Rondinella, Mirco Tonin

published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2023, 329, 116011

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15158

Does Measurement Error Explain the Increase in Subminimum Wage Payment Following Minimum Wage Increases?

Jeffrey Clemens, Michael R. Strain

published in: Economics Letters, 2022, 217, 1106368

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15121

Registering Returning Citizens to Vote

Jennifer Doleac, Laurel Eckhouse, Eric Foster-Moore, Allison Harris, Hannah Walker, Ariel White

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15083

What's Another Day? The Effects of Wait Time for Substance Abuse Treatment on Health-Care Utilization, Employment and Crime

Jenny Williams, Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15053

Socially Optimal Crime and Punishment

Eduardo Ferraz, Rodrigo R. Soares

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14959

Sicilian Sulphur and Mafia: Resources, Working Conditions and the Practice of Violence

Carlo Ciccarelli, Alberto Dalmazzo, Tiziano Razzolini

substantially revised version published in: Cliometrica, 2024,18, 531–565

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14954

Unbundling the Relationship between Economic Shocks and Crime

Eduardo Ferraz, Rodrigo R. Soares, Juan Vargas

published in: Paolo Buonanno, Paolo Vanin, and Juan Vargas (eds). A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime, Elgar Modern Guides, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022, 184-204

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14917

Discontinuities in the Age-Victimization Profile and the Determinants of Victimization

Anna Bindler, Randi Hjalmarsson, Nadine Ketel, Andreea Mitrut

published in: Economic Journal, 2024, 134 (657), 95–134

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14907

Do Police Make Too Many Arrests? The Effect of Enforcement Pullbacks on Crime

Sungwoo Cho, Felipe Gonçalves, Emily Weisburst

This version: 8/2022; First version (IZA Working Paper): 12/2021.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14843

Employer Market Power in Silicon Valley

Matthew Gibson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14801

Leaders in Juvenile Crime

Carlos Díaz, Eleonora Patacchini, Thierry Verdier, Yves Zenou

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 192, 638 - 667

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14660

Greek Myth or Fact? The Role of Greek Houses in Alcohol and Drug Violations on American Campuses

Manu Raghav, Timothy M. Diette

published in: Applied Economics, 2022, 54 (55), 6406 - 6417

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14647

The Effect of 3.6 Million Refugees on Crime

Murat Güray Kirdar, Ivan Lopez Cruz, Betül Türküm

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 194, 568 - 582

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14634

Systemic Discrimination among Large U.S. Employers

Patrick Kline, Evan K. Rose, Christopher R. Walters

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2022, 137 (4), 1963 - 2036

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14573

Assaults during Lockdown in NSW and Victoria

Solmaz Moslehi, Jaai Parasnis, Massimiliano Tani, Josephina Vejayaratnam

published in: Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 2021, 24, 199 - 212

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14499

None for the Road? Stricter Drink Driving Laws and Road Accidents

Marco Francesconi, Jonathan James

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 79, 102487

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14292

The Public Health Effects of Legalizing Marijuana

D. Mark Anderson, Daniel I. Rees

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2023, 61 (1), 86-143.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14252

Social Norms or Enforcement? A Natural Field Experiment to Improve Traffic and Parking Fine Compliance

Mathias Sinning, Yinjunjie (Jacquelyn) Zhang

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2023, 210, 43-60

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14250

Gender, Crime and Punishment: Evidence from Women Police Stations in India

Sofia Amaral, Sonia R. Bhalotra, Nishith Prakash

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14225

Gender Norms and Domestic Abuse: Evidence From Australia

Yinjunjie (Jacquelyn) Zhang, Robert Breunig

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14215

Immigration and Crime: The Role of Self-Selection and Institutions

Fabio Mariani, Marion Mercier

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021, 185, 538-564

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14208

Collective Bargaining Rights, Policing, and Civilian Deaths

Jamein Cunningham, Donn. L. Feir, Rob Gillezeau

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14130

Republic of Beliefs: An Experimental Investigation

Utteeyo Dasgupta, Fatos Radoniqi

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2023, 214, 30 - 43

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14129

High School Dropout and the Intergenerational Transmission of Crime

Davide Dragone, Giuseppe Migali, Eugenio Zucchelli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14112

Wage Inequality and Labor Rights Violations

Ioana E. Marinescu, Yue Qiu, Aaron Sojourner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14022

Prison Rehabilitation Programs: Efficiency and Targeting

William Arbour, Guy Lacroix, Steeve Marchand

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13977

Fraud Deterrence Institutions Reduce Intrinsic Honesty

Fabio Galeotti, Valeria Maggian, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2021, 131 (638), 2508-2528.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13974

Spillovers and Long-Run Effects of Messages on Tax Compliance: Experimental Evidence from Peru

Juan Francisco Castro, Daniel Velásquez, Arlette Beltrán, Gustavo Yamada

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13906

Parents, Neighbors and Youth Crime

Carlos Díaz, Eleonora Patacchini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13902

Love Thy Neighbour? Brexit and Hate Crime

Joel Carr, Joanna Clifton-Sprigg, Jonathan James, Suncica Vujic

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13879

How Do Mass Shootings Affect Community Wellbeing?

Aparna Soni, Erdal Tekin

published online in: Journal of Human Resources, June 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13841

Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Domestic Violence in Los Angeles

Amalia Miller, Carmit Segal, Melissa Spencer

published in: Economia, 2024, 91 (361), 163-187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13784

Crimes against Morality: Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Sex Work

Lisa A. Cameron, Jennifer Seager, Manisha Shah

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2021, 136 (1), 427–469,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13484

Universal Credit and Crime

Rocco d'Este, Alex Harvey

published as 'The Unintended Consequences of Welfare Reforms: Universal Credit, Financial Insecurity, and Crime' in: Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2024, 40 (1), 129 - 181

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13446

Prison Work and Convict Rehabilitation

Giulio Zanella

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13360

Lending to the Unbanked: Relational Contracting with Loan Sharks

Kevin Lang, Kaiwen Leong, Huailu Li, Haibo Xu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13280

The Effect of Job Loss and Unemployment Insurance on Crime in Brazil

Diogo Britto, Paolo Pinotti, Breno Sampaio

published in: Econometrica, 2022, 90 (4), 1393-1423

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13038

Do-It-Yourself Medicine? The Impact of Light Cannabis Liberalization on Prescription Drugs

Vincenzo Carrieri, Leonardo Madio, Francesco Principe

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 74, 102371

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13027

Persuasive Agenda-Setting: Rodrigo Duterte's Inauguration Speech and Drugs in the Philippines

Michael Jetter, Teresa Molina

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 156 ,102843

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12980

Cigarette Taxes and Teen Marijuana Use

D. Mark Anderson, Kyutaro Matsuzawa, Joseph J. Sabia

published in: National Tax Journal, 2020, 73 (2), 475-510

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12928

Bayesian Panel Quantile Regression for Binary Outcomes with Correlated Random Effects: An Application on Crime Recidivism in Canada

Georges Bresson, Guy Lacroix, Mohammad Arshad Rahman

published in: Empirical Economics, 2021, 60, 227 - 259

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